Definition of cheat

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cheat is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • cheat is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • cheat is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of cheat


  • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bromus secalinus
    2. chess
  • engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. chisel
  • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bearded darnel
    2. darnel
    3. lolium temulentum
    4. tare
  • deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb)

    Examples

    1. we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme

    Synonyms

    1. chisel
    2. rip off
  • defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. chicane
    2. chouse
    3. jockey
    4. screw
    5. shaft
  • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. beguiler
    2. cheater
    3. deceiver
    4. slicker
    5. trickster
  • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (verb)

    Examples

    1. She cheats on her husband

    Synonyms

    1. betray
    2. cheat on
    3. cuckold
    4. wander
  • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. rig
    2. swindle
  • a deception for profit to yourself (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cheating

See definition of cheat in Merriam Webster